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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
how /haʊ/ The different constructions of direct and indirect questions with how are to be noted: in direct questions, how is at the beginning of the sentence and the auxiliary precedes the subject (how could you do that? = come hai potuto farlo?);
in indirect questions, the subject precedes the verb (please, tell me how you could do that = per favore, dimmi come hai potuto farlo) or, alternatively, a verb in the infinitive may be used (please, tell me how to use this tool = per favore, dimmi come usare / come si usa questo strumento). - How may precede an adjective (how nice she is! = com’è carina!), an adverb (how often do you go to the cinema? = quanto spesso vai al cinema?), or a verb clause (how I wish I could swim! = quanto vorrei saper nuotare!). - When how is used as a question word meaning in what way? or by what means? it is almost always translated by come: how did you get here? = come ci sei arrivato? how will you do it? = come lo farai? - When how is used as a conjunction meaning the way in which, it is often translated by come: I don’t know how they did it = non so come l’hanno fatto; tell me how you write this word = dimmi come si scrive questa parola. - When how is used as a conjunction meaning that, it is almost always translated by che: you know how he always arrives late = sai che arriva sempre tardi; it’s amazing how they survived = è sorprendente che siano sopravvissuti. - For more examples and particular usages see below.
- avv.
- (in what way, by what means) come;
~ did you make it? come l’hai fatto?
to know ~ to do sapere come fare;
I learned ~ to do it ho imparato a farlo;
~ do you feel about it? cosa ne pensi?
- (enquiring) ~ are you? come stai?
~’s your foot? come va il piede?
~’s your brother? come sta tuo fratello?
~ did you like the party? ti è piaciuta la festa?
~’s everything? ~ are things? come va?
~ do you do! (greeting) piacere!
- (in number, quantity questions) ~ much does this cost? ~ much is this? quanto costa?
~ much do you weigh? quanto pesi?
~ many times have you been to France? quante volte sei stato in Francia?
I don’t know ~ many people will come non so quante persone verranno;
~ much time is there left? quanto tempo è rimasto?
~ long is the rope? quanto è lunga la corda?
~ old is he? quanti anni ha?
~ tall is the tree? quanto è alto l’albero?
~ far is it? quanto dista?
- (in exclamations) ~ wonderful! magnifico!
~ nice you look! come sei carina!
~ clever of him! è stato furbo da parte sua!
~ wrong I was! come mi sono sbagliato!
~ it rained! come pioveva!
- (why) ~ could you? come hai potuto?
- how come colloq. “I don’t like it” - “~ come?” “non mi piace” - “come mai?”;
~ come you always win? perché vinci sempre?
- how’s that I’ll take you home, ~’s that? ti porto a casa, ti va?
~’s that for an honest answer è una risposta onesta, non ti pare?
“he’s called Nick” - “~’s that?” “si chiama Nick” - “come (hai detto)?”
- (in what way, by what means) come;
- cong.
- colloq. (in whichever way) come;
you can decorate it ~ you like puoi decorarlo come vuoi
- (that) che;
you know ~ he always arrives late sai che arriva sempre tardi
- colloq. (in whichever way) come;
locuzioni idiomatiche and ~! eccome! altroché!
'how' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
a
- about
- afford
- against
- ago
- along
- altogether
- and
- ask
- bad
- beat
- beyond
- boy
- business
- charge
- clever
- close
- come
- communicate
- compare
- consider
- convey
- cost
- could
- cry
- dare
- dawn
- deep
- demonstrate
- determine
- devil
- dictate
- do
- earth
- else
- end
- enjoy
- far
- fare
- fare
- fast
- feel
- figure
- find
- fix
- forget
- forward
- frustrating
- funny
- further
Italiano:
affare
- altezza
- alto
- altroché
- amare
- andare
- anno
- avere
- bello
- bene
- bilancio
- bontà
- carino
- che
- come
- comodo
- compiere
- comportare
- comunque
- così
- costare
- crescere
- curioso
- dare
- delusione
- diamine
- dimenticare
- dipendere
- dire
- discretamente
- disposizione
- distanza
- distare
- domandare
- dove
- dovere
- e
- ecco
- eccome
- effetto
- fare
- figura
- fino
- forza
- frequenza
- funzionamento
- idea
- ignorare
- imparare
- importo
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| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| how | adv | (in what manner) | come avv |
| Did you see how he looked at me? | |||
| Hai visto come mi ha guardato? | |||
| how | adv | (by what means) | come avv |
| Do you know how to fix this TV? | |||
| Sai come riparare il televisore? | |||
| how | adv | (in what condition) | come avv |
| How are you? | |||
| Come stai? | |||
| how | adv | (to what extent) | quanto avv |
| How strong do you like your coffee? | |||
| Quanto lo vuoi forte il caffè? | |||
| how | adv | (intensifier) | come, quanto avv |
| How kind of you! | |||
| Come è gentile da parte tua! | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| how, how come | adv | (why) | come mai avv |
| How come she didn't say anything? | |||
| Come mai non ha detto niente? | |||
| how | adv | (meaning what) | come avv |
| I don't know how to understand her comments. | |||
| Non so come interpretare i suoi commenti. | |||
| how | adv | (by what name) | come avv |
| I'm not sure how he was called as a boy. | |||
| Non mi ricordo come era chiamato da ragazzo. | |||
| how | adv | (what) | come avv |
| cosa pron | |||
| How's that? What did you say? | |||
| Come? Che cosa hai detto? | |||
| Cosa? Che cosa hai detto? | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
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| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| as how | similitudine | come | |
| here's how | ecco come | ||
| how ...! | esclamativo | quanto ...! | |
| how about | informal (introducing a suggestion) suggerimento | che ne dici di, che ne dite di, che ne pensi di | |
| how about that | interj | (expressing delighted surprise) sorpresa | pensa un po'! inter |
| My sister is expecting twins. How about that! | |||
| how about that! | interj | (expressing that one is impressed) sorpresa | ah però! inter |
| how are you | come va | ||
| how are you | informal | come stai | |
| how are you? | expr | (conventional greeting) | come va la vita?, come stai? inter |
| informale | come butta? inter | ||
| how big? | informal (of what dimensions?) | quanto grande? avv | |
| How big a portion of chocolate cake do you want? | |||
| Vorremmo un tavolo per la cucina. "Certo, quanto lo volete grande?" | |||
| quanto? avv | |||
| Quanta torta vuoi? | |||
| how come | informal (why is it that) | come mai? avv | |
| Nota: how come is short for the phrase "How did it come to be that..." | |||
| How come you aren't at work? | |||
| Come mai non sei al lavoro oggi? | |||
| how come? | expr | informal (why? or how?) | come mai?, com'è possibile? inter |
| how convenient! | che pratico!, quanto è pratico! | ||
| how do you ... | come si fa ... | ||
| how do you do | interj | formal (pleased to meet you) | piacere, piacere di conoscerla inter |
| How do you do? I'm delighted to meet you. | |||
| how do you do? | expr | formal (pleased to meet you) presentazione | piacere |
| how embarrassing! | che imbarazzante!, quanto è imbarazzante!, che imbarazzo! | ||
| how far | (to or at what distance) | quanto lontano, quanto distante avv | |
| how far? | (to or at what distance?) | quanto lontano?, quanto distante? avv | |
| How far is it to the nearest gas station from here? | |||
| Quanto è lontana la chiesa da casa tua? | |||
| quanto dista? avv | |||
| Quanto dista da qui la più vicina stazione di benzina? | |||
| how goes it | come va | ||
| how goes it? | informal (how are you?) | come va? | |
| Hello, John - long time, no see! How goes it? | |||
| Ciao Giovanni, da quanto tempo! Come va? | |||
| how is it going? | informal, but also polite informale | come va? | |
| how is it that | come mai | ||
| how is it that? | com'è che…? | ||
| how is it that...? | (can you explain how …?) | come può essere?, come si spiega?, come spieghi? | |
| how it goes | come va | ||
| how it is | (reality, the way life is) | così stanno le cose | |
| how long | (time: for what duration) | quanto tempo avv | |
| How long does it take to boil an egg? | |||
| Quanto tempo ci vuole per fare un uovo sodo? | |||
| quanto a lungo avv | |||
| Quanto a lungo vivono le tartarughe? | |||
| how long | (measurement: what length) | quanto lungo avv | |
| How long is the Great Wall of China? | |||
| Quanto è lunga la grande muraglia cinese? | |||
| how many | (what number) | quanti agg | |
| How many times have you been abroad? | |||
| Quanti spaghetti devo cucinare per tre persone? | |||
| how much | (what amount, what degree) | quanto agg | |
| It's not important how much effort you put into the job - it's results that count! | |||
| Quanto zucchero ci vuole per la torta di carote? | |||
| how much | (to what degree, to what extent) | quanto avv | |
| It doesn't matter how much I try to please my boss, he still isn't satisfied. | |||
| Non riesco neanche a descrivere quanto io ami nuotare in mare. | |||
| how much does it cost? | quanto costa? | ||
| how much is it? | quanto costa? | ||
| how now | come va | ||
| how often | (the frequency with which) | ogni quanto, quante volte | |
| how often | (with what frequency) | ogni quanto?, quante volte? | |
| how should I know | come posso saperlo | ||
| how should I know? | expr | informal (I don't know) | come faccio a saperlo? |
| how soon | adv | (when the earliest time will be) | quando, tra quanto avv |
| how soon | conj | (the earliest time that) | non appena cong |
| how things are | come vanno le cose | ||
| how you doin' | come va | ||
| how you doin'? | saluto informale | Come va?, Come stai? | |
| how-do-you-do | nelle presentazioni | piacere v | |
| how-to | n | informal (instructional guide) | istruzioni nfpl |
| This is more of a how-to than a full explanation of the principles involved. | |||
| how-to book | n | (instructional book, manual) | manuale nm |
| I wanted to save money and service my own car so I bought a how-to book on car mechanics. | |||
| Volevo risparmiare soldi e ripararmi la macchina da solo, perciò mi sono comprato un manuale di meccanica per auto. | |||
| know-how | n | (technical knowledge) | know-how nm |
| I don't have the know-how to fix it. | |||
| Molte ditte ormai vendono il know-how piuttosto che il prodotto finito. | |||
| let me know how it goes | fammi sapere come va | ||
| no matter how | conj | (whichever way) | non importa come |
| No matter how hard I try, I can't draw as well as you. | |||
| no matter how | adv | (in whatever way) | non importa come |
| No matter how you say it, turning someone down for a date is going to hurt their feelings. | |||
| not how things are | non per come sono le cose adesso | ||
| not know how | non sapere come | ||
| show how | mostrare come | ||
| technical know-how | n | informal (practical and specialist skills) | competenze tecniche nfpl |
| We are stuck, we need to bring in somebody with the technical know-how to drag us out of this mess or we will lose our jobs ! | |||
| tell how | dire come, dire in quale modo | ||
| that's how it goes sometimes | interj | informal (expressing philosophical acceptance) | succede, cose che succedono, cose che capitano, cose che possono succedere inter |
| I didn't get the job, but that's how it goes sometimes. | |||
| I know it isn't fair but that's just how it goes sometimes. | |||
| Si è rotta la macchina proprio il giorno dell'appuntamento: cose che capitano. | |||
| così è la vita, così va la vita | |||
| the how | il come | ||
| Segnala un errore | |||
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'how' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'how':
"What's the weather like?" vs. "How's the weather?"
a reminder of how brief and precious life is
a sign of just how ignorant the general public
a weather vane for how things have to be
able to keep track of how often the harness is used.
although how she’s not sure
America, how beautiful
And how about
And I’ll make sure to tell my father just how committed you
Any old how.
Art historian Peter Harvey looks at how Burnham's work attracted interest
asked him how he was doing
Because you're on your own it depends on how sneaky you are
becoming a successful 'long tail' business - no matter how obscure
Before booking a table I would like to know how many people would like to come
Boy, you may not ever realize how much I like you
but did not remember how beautiful
But how are we to get there, J.?
But how do you know if the universe is endless
but no matter how hard she tried
but nobody will tell me how they are
by such as know how to turn everything to advantage
Cause if it all comes down to this how will
Could you please tell me how much it would cost to send to Australia?
couldn't find how to push through
CT is boring, how is Genoa?
Decide how far ahead you are able to look
European leaders wonder how to tackle rising public debts
Even though I don't know how
example of how to create
continua...
a reminder of how brief and precious life is
a sign of just how ignorant the general public
a weather vane for how things have to be
able to keep track of how often the harness is used.
although how she’s not sure
America, how beautiful
And how about
And I’ll make sure to tell my father just how committed you
Any old how.
Art historian Peter Harvey looks at how Burnham's work attracted interest
asked him how he was doing
Because you're on your own it depends on how sneaky you are
becoming a successful 'long tail' business - no matter how obscure
Before booking a table I would like to know how many people would like to come
Boy, you may not ever realize how much I like you
but did not remember how beautiful
But how are we to get there, J.?
But how do you know if the universe is endless
but no matter how hard she tried
but nobody will tell me how they are
by such as know how to turn everything to advantage
Cause if it all comes down to this how will
Could you please tell me how much it would cost to send to Australia?
couldn't find how to push through
CT is boring, how is Genoa?
Decide how far ahead you are able to look
European leaders wonder how to tackle rising public debts
Even though I don't know how
example of how to create
continua...
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